I was wondering. since i cant get any information off the internet about this model.

I am planning to change the stock rams to either corsair or hyperx rams.

I know that this laptop is so far said to only be able to hold on max 4gigs of ram, which im very dissapointed.

Can anyone suggest, or maybe specifically recomend me the model of ram which i can change to.

BTW, i want ddr3 rams, high performance if available, and of course has to be available in malaysia.

Ive tried certain webs about ram checkin but it seems that this laptop is too new for them.... so no databases

Compaq has bad support on performance ram. Value ram with normal latency is fine though.
So, NO to you for performance ram like HyperX

can u explain the meaning of bad support?? so how now lol

do you know that all lptp so far only got max 4GB of RAM?...

what kind of usage that u want very2 big RAM?

maybe cause of instability of the system .

value ram is more than enough , you are not going to tweak your ram setting also in the laptop.

The system will NOT boot with the performance ram.
This is because Compaq has already fix the normal latency. The notebook will not detect any low latency ram modules.
I have tested before.
Note: When we talk about performance ram, we talk about low latency ram.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Apr 17 2010, 05:08 PM

i see. so can i use this??? Kingston DDR3 PC1066 Notebook 2GB RAM - RM 180. its normal rite??

Yes, this is value ram. Should work fine.

to get the fact straight, since the days of 965M chipset (aka Centrino Santa Rosa), the memory controller already support up to 8GB (2x 4GB)

only problem that's preventing one from doing so is that 4GB SO-DIMM are so bloody expensive even for the almost out-dated DDR2... costing at least 4 times more than 2GB SO-DIMM...

Just would like to ask here about overclocking the cq42-189tx ati GC~ May i know how it works?

download AMD GPU CLOCK. u can google for it

it's pretty straight fwd..set the clock n apply

just bought cq42-188tx for rm1999 (+10 freebies +3y warranty) at lowyat plaza

Currently eying the CQ-42-177tx
anyone has this ?

the newspaper promo price is Rm2699 with 3 years warranty

i5 430, 4gb ddr3 , 500GB HDD , HD5430 , 14"
very nice if compared to acer 4745G which 2gb ram only

but is Compaq a reliable brand ? because I never buy laptop before, this is my first laptop I need more info

yeap i bought cq42-177tx during kl pc fair.
used for fw weeks and still no problem yet. but i haf noticed the cooling isnt so good (theres alot of 'hot wind' at the vents). a cheapo coolin fan shld do the trick.
and mind u, tho it says it has 4gb of ram, the system only recognises 3gb since its a 32bit win7.
apart from those, the rest is pretty much good.
i think it is quite a reliable brand. used a compaq x1000 few years back and still using it now for 'rough' usage.

edit: and btw, saw a hp shop in 1u, selling 177tx at RM3299
get ur purchase shop rite!

This post has been edited by Arcueid000: May 3 2010, 05:45 PM

i see , thanks for the comment,
but why on earth they want to use 32bit instead of 64bit.. damn

can i install ahem ahem replace it ?

i believe you could, but then again, nothin wrong with 32bit win7. u just lose 1gb of ram lol.
anyway, i think its pretty much stupid to get a 32bit win7 in this system.

and i wonder its me or anything, i kept losing my hdd space everyday! i tried all sorts of stuff to rectify. got nothing tho. update windows for 600kb, lost over 300mb of space.... any1 getting this?

System restore takes up the space?

Looks like it...well, try clean-up your HDD, use CCleaner or maybe just do a clean-up from HDD properties

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Added on May 4, 2010, 8:45 pmAnyway, what AV (antivirus) are you using because Kaspersky tend to store their log file without deleting it (well, just for info )

This post has been edited by miahahaha: May 4 2010, 08:45 PM

been doing disk clean-up everyday since day 1, but it doesnt work. i mean, i updated 600kb win update, but when i shutdown, i lost over 300mb. in actual fact, im lost like 4gb in the span of 3 wks... =(

im using norton and MS security essentials. gonna delete off norton once my free trials expire.. u guys think it relates to my weird hdd space losing phenomenon?

maybe i'll try reducing my restore points...

thanks for the help =)


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i think it really is related to system restore. my current setting is 10gb reserved for restore and im already using 9.08gb... =/

This post has been edited by Arcueid000: May 4 2010, 09:03 PM

How is the 06 3D mark result on this mobility radeon HD5430? 2800 range?